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-3- Commissioner Franzese reported the Commission approval had. been given with some reservations about the adequacy of the parkingthe developers plan to provide for the project and indicated some minor changes in the minutes as they had been recorded.- Steve . Yurick of Arkell' De'velopment was present and he agreed ,with� Commissioner Franzese that the building which is now proposed- woul.d -be 43 feet 'tall which w6uld. be two 'or three feet shorter than had. -been originally proposed. The Commissioner also provided some clarification of. how the parking stalls'. would be *assigned, saying she understood the "walking distance from each patkinq stll would be equalized according to th6 - location of the unit- it.-matched", Planning Commission Chair Makowske reported . she had discussed the parking provisions -with Coriimissioner. Jones since the June 21st meeting- and ' shared his concerns that the,. parking' provided for the over 55 age group who could be anticipated- to buy the condominiums at this time might not .be adequate to -serve a change in- xesident population ten or 15 years down the line when there might be an appreciable increase in th e number of Vehicles owned which would force parking on the adjoining .streets . - She said Commissioner Jones still believes the parking study being done by the Arkand .group should include the parking provisions for the LaBelle condominiums being constructed on Central Avenue since he perceives the parking for the elderly housing on Stinson Boulevard is inadequate to the point that residents have to park on that busy street. Mr. Yurick indicated the LaBelle project had been one .of the developments included in the study and- assured the Council that his firm would want to provide all the parking the prospective buyers would need. since the units would only be marketable- if sufficient parking is available. . He agreed a possible change in resident population should probably be- taken into account. Although the figures could not be considered decisive, Mr. Yurick said out-' of 25 to 30 surveys returned from the more than 200 sent to prospective buyers of the condominiums , - 4- have indicated they would need no parking stalls and no one, asked for two. When the remainder of the surveys are returned, he believes he would have a more realistic picture of the parking needs . Mayor Sundland noted the dif- ferences in the LaBelle and Kenzie Project locations and discussed possible outdoor parking near the legion Club , etc. He also said the City could restrict Parking on 27th Avenue or Wilson as well. Councilman . Marks commented that the City had. historically required more parking than needed as evidenced in the Industrial Park. Councilman Ranallo said when his company had included in its building plans the possibility of adding another floor in the future, the City of Golden Valley had required them to provide parking -to serve that potential space. He said he would rather see a whole floor of unused Parking . stalls in the Kenzie -project'' t*�han- to -force future condominium residents to park on. the adjoi"hing streets . No other input- from� the public was provided and the hearin g was closed at 8: 31 P.M. Motion by Councilman Marks:' and- seconded by Councilman -Enro- 'Oth to follow the. recommendations- of ,..the' P,la�nning Commission to approve-.-the. Planned Unit Development Concept. Plan for .Phase 1 of the Kenzie. Terrace. Redevelopment Project as proposed bythe' Atkand .Partnership '� and detailed' .in. the prints